Horse-collar



I (No Model.)

M. R. DOWLIN.

' HORSE COLLAR.

Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC MARSHALL R. DOWLIN, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS. 4

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,290, dated February 28, 1882.

Application filed October 22, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, MARSHALL R. DowLIN, of North Adams, Berkshire county,l\Iassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

y improvement relates to that class of collars which open at the top and are provided with connecting-straps; and the invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of my collar opened at the top; Fig. 2, a similar view closed; Fig. 3, a side elevation of Fig. 2,- Fig. 4, aplan view, and Fig. 5 an enlarged cross-section on the line m w of Fig. 2.

Y The general shape of the collar is the same as usual, at representing the stiff rim, b c the body or pad, and d the groove or recess between them for receiving the hame.

The front side, I), is usually formed of a dark leathersuch as patent or fine leather while the inside or lining c is usually made of a light colored and soft leather to rest against the horse, said inner leather, 0, being stitched to the front leather, 1), as shown in Fig. 5.

Two layers are generally used to form the front, for the purpose of adding strength to the collar.

The front leather or leathers, b'b, are secured at their edges to the edge of the inner leather, 0, while they are lying flat one againstthe other, by a seam on the line 6, and the front leathers are then folded back upon the seam, so as to entirely conceal the same, and their outer edges, together with the outer edge of the inner leather, are then brought together and sewed between the edges of the leather tube a, which is of the usual construction. The tubes or cavities thus formed are stuffed in the ordinary manner.

By making the seam e in the manner described it will be observed that the bending of the outer leather over the same not only conceals it, but also forms a smooth round edge to be in contact with the horse, instead of the usual sharp cut edge. This form of seam also allows the use of a strong coarse sewing, or

so that the loose ends of the even of a row of rivets, instead of the usual fine and expensive sewing.

To the top of one of the limbs formed by making the collar open at the top I secure one edge of a broad cap or band, h, which spans the space from one limb to the other, and is secured to the opposite limb by a strap, 2', and buckle 70. A portion of the sewing fastening the band It to the collar, and also the fastening-buckle k, are so situated that the band will naturally assume the curved appearance of the main portion of the collar.

Zindicates the chafe-leathcr, which is provided with a fastening strap and buckle, m n, and is secured to the limb of the collar opposite to the limb to which the band his sewed,

band and chateleather will buckle to opposite limbs, so asto make a tighter connection, and also to preserve an even appearance on both sides of the collar.

The cap or band it is made as wide as or wider than the top of the collar, so as to fully cover the opening between the limbs of the same, to prevent the access of water, 850., and also to add to the general neat appearance of the collar.

I am aware that it is not new to provide open-topped collars with caps having sockets or sleeves adapted to fit over one or both ends of the limbs of the collar, and therefore I do not broadly claim such constructions.

W'hat I do claim is- 1. A horse collar constructed with the inner layer or leather, 0, and the two outer layers or leathers, b 12, secured together, as shown, by a line of stitches or fastening devices, said outer layers being folded away from the inner layer and back upon themselves, covering the fastening-seam, substantially as shown and described.

2. A horse-collar constructed with the inner leather, 0, and two 'outer layers, 12 b, secured together, as shown, by a line of stitches, said outer layers being folded layer and back upon themselves, covering the fastening-seam, and the free ends'secured to the rim a by the line of stitches f which form said rim, as specified.

3. In an open-top horse-collar, the strap 1,

away from the inner permanently secured to the under side ofone limb of the collar, and providedwith straps to both the fastening devices of the cap-band bein g arranged in the heme-recess of the collar, 10 substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

MARSHALL R. DOWLIN. Witnesses:

R. W. WOODWARD, J. ROCKWELL. 

